Suresh Sallay, who played a significant role in the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) during the war, has been arrested...
The Communist Party yesterday (25) said that all individuals, regardless of political affiliation or status, responsible for the coal procurement...
US and Iranian officials have met in Geneva for a third round of indirect talks seen as crucial to averting...
Zimbabwe won the toss and asked India to bat first in what was practically a must-win match for both sides....
Aiden Markram’s 82 not out led South Africa to a nine wicket victory over West Indies that, while not confirming...
“I’m going to put it very simple: it’s hurtful, it’s painful and it’s shameful,” Farveez Mahroof, the former Sri Lanka...
Four people shot dead by Cuban border guards in a US-registered speedboat were Cuban nationals living in the United States,...
Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya made while participating in the latest publication of the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (BCIS)...
Blue jerseys on the backs of a teeming crowd along the Walajah Road on Thursday evening will finally not be...
Is the ICC’s Super Eight the silliest qualifying process in the sporting universe? The unfathomable permutations of UEFA’s rejigged Champions...
A stunning rearguard from Mitchell Santner and Cole McConchie knocked Sri Lanka out of the 2026 T20 World Cup in...
At least 25 people have died in the south-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais after heavy rains on Monday evening...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution forwarded by the Minister of Health and Mass Media to relocate the Deniyaya Base Hospital after constructing a new...
WEATHER FORECAST FOR 18 FEBRUARY 2026 Issued at 2.00 p.m. on 17 February 2026 by the Department of Meteorology Showery condition is expected to enhance in...
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval for the resolution furnished by the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment to instruct the Legal Draftsman...
…preliminary work started on new Constitution JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva yesterday (17) maintained that the NPP government was not under Indian pressure to hold the...
Sri Lanka is poised for a decisive breakthrough in its clean energy transition with the government moving to introduce large-scale battery energy storage for the first...
The Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Bill was passed in Parliament today (17) with a majority of 152 votes. Following the Second Reading debate on the Bill, held...
The Cabinet of Ministers approved the resolution furnished by the President in his capacity as the Minister of Defense to appoint Rear Admiral R.Joseph to the...
Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe recently told a breakfast meeting hosted by Sri Lanka-Germany Business Council of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce that there were...
Wednesday 18th February, 2026 The legal fraternity is up in arms over last week’s murder of a lawyer and his wife in a Colombo suburb. On...
Reminiscences: I was appointed Managing Director of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and Chairman of the Trincomalee Petroleum Terminals Ltd (TPTL – Indian Oil Company/ Petroleum...
JVP leader Somawansa Amarasinghe, who returned to Sri Lanka in late Nov, 2001, ending a 12-year self-imposed exile in Europe, declared that India helped him flee...
Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC reported a strong financial performance for 2025, marking a year in which the Bank reinforced its position among Sri Lanka’s steadily...
